SUSE-SU-2020:14382-1: moderate: Security update for w3m
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SUSE Security Update: Security update for w3m
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Announcement ID: SUSE-SU-2020:14382-1
Rating: moderate
References: #1077559 #1077568 #1077572
Cross-References: CVE-2018-6196 CVE-2018-6197 CVE-2018-6198
Affected Products:
SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4
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An update that fixes three vulnerabilities is now available.
Description:
This update for w3m fixes several issues.
These security issues were fixed:
- CVE-2018-6196: Prevent infinite recursion in HTMLlineproc0 caused by the
feed_table_block_tag function which did not prevent a negative indent
value (bsc#1077559)
- CVE-2018-6197: Prevent NULL pointer dereference in formUpdateBuffer
(bsc#1077568)
- CVE-2018-6198: w3m did not properly handle temporary files when the
~/.w3m directory is unwritable, which allowed a local attacker to craft
a symlink attack to overwrite arbitrary files (bsc#1077572)
Patch Instructions:
To install this SUSE Security Update use the SUSE recommended installation methods
like YaST online_update or "zypper patch".
Alternatively you can run the command listed for your product:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4:
zypper in -t patch dbgsp4-w3m-14382=1
Package List:
- SUSE Linux Enterprise Debuginfo 11-SP4 (i586 ppc64 s390x x86_64):
w3m-debuginfo-0.5.3.git20161120-5.3.37
w3m-debugsource-0.5.3.git20161120-5.3.37
References:
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6196.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6197.html
https://www.suse.com/security/cve/CVE-2018-6198.html
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077559
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077568
https://bugzilla.suse.com/1077572
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